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Super strong, but he was about half way up when given the press command... I saw a video of Bell's not locked-out pull as well. A meet is a meet, and Spoto got the lift, but unless the judging gets a little tighter people are going to lose respect for lifts done at those ST meets (at least some of the lifts).

And NO, I am NOT a Spoto hater. I think the man is an amazing presser. I just think all-time records should have reasonably strict judging.

Here's the link to the vid off of powerlifting watch. I'm pretty sure that it is the same lift, and you get a better view of the pause and the head ref giving the press command. Really shows how much lag there are in some video clips between the vid stream and the audio:

Super strong, but he was about half way up when given the press command... I saw a video of Bell's not locked-out pull as well. A meet is a meet, and Spoto got the lift, but unless the judging gets a little tighter people are going to lose respect for lifts done at those ST meets (at least some of the lifts).

And NO, I am NOT a Spoto hater. I think the man is an amazing presser. I just think all-time records should have reasonably strict judging.

Eric didn't press until the command was given, the lag on the sound was AWFUL. There is another video to show it with better sound. I can't wait to hear what mendelson has to say.

Originally Posted by banger

Here's the link to the vid off of powerlifting watch. I'm pretty sure that it is the same lift, and you get a better view of the pause and the head ref giving the press command. Really shows how much lag there are in some video clips between the vid stream and the audio:

Here's the link to the vid off of powerlifting watch. I'm pretty sure that it is the same lift, and you get a better view of the pause and the head ref giving the press command. Really shows how much lag there are in some video clips between the vid stream and the audio:

When there is THAT much weight on the bar, i really hate seeing records broken by 1lb. I was also expecting some soft handoff and lockout. But DAMN. That was about as legit as an all-time world record is going to get. I consider myself a pretty strong guy all things considered... and i wish i could deadlift that... 722lbs.

The bench was awesome.. but at the same time Stan Efferding side spotting... that was equally awesome. think about it. How often are you at meets where all time world record holders are working the platform?

The bench was awesome.. but at the same time Stan Efferding side spotting... that was equally awesome. think about it. How often are you at meets where all time world record holders are working the platform?

Must be something about the ultimate all-time all-class world record benches then... Mendy's 715 had Ed Coan and Godzilla on the platform...